dead pool
Celebrity death betting
A dead pool is a betting game where participants predict which celebrities or public figures will die within a given timeframe, typically a year.
Points are often awarded based on how unexpected the death was—younger, healthier people score higher.
The term also applies to any list of people expected to die soon: The company's dead pool includes three executives over eighty.
Despite its morbid premise, dead pools have a long informal tradition.
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